The light from the cell phone screens allowed surgeons to complete an emergency appendix operation during a blackout in a city in central Argentina, reports have said.

A fisherman accused of stabbing a sea lion with a steak knife after the animal stole his bait has been arrested.

Lucy the Elephant is a six-story elephant-shaped architectural wonder constructed of wood and tin sheeting in 1882 by James V. Lafferty in Margate City, New Jersey.  Here is the amazing photo history of Lucy. (w/pics)

Crustless peanut-butter-and-jelly sandwiches, a way to move sideways on a swing, a technique for exercising cats using a laser pointer — these are among the inventions patented in the United States over the years. Now Congress is trying to cut down on poor-quality or downright ridiculous patents, and at the same time adapt the patent [...]

If you died today, would your spouse know to turn the sprinklers off in the winter or even how to pay the cable bill online?

Walt Disney Co. has shelved its plan to offer U.S. wine and rodent lovers a "Ratatouille Chardonnay" in honor of the star of its latest movie.

Each week our top 10 photos seem to get just a little stranger than the week before.  Here are some amazing photos.

Braun Silk-Epil Epilators are best known as razors which give women silky smooth legs for up to four weeks. To inform the public of the product without using traditional advertising, helium balloons were tied to a model’s skirt, leaving only her legs exposed as she walked around the mall. (w/crazy pic)

Amid all the 787 roll-out hoopla in the past few weeks, perhaps the coolest event went unnoticed.  On Saturday night at the Museum of Flight in Everrett, WA, for the first time ever, Boeing has had every 7-series airplane in the same place at one time. (w/pics)

Seth Godin:  I stopped by a garage sale today. The guy had thousands of CDs, most of them in their wrappers. $3 each. I was excited.

This massive Lego aircraft carrier took Malle Hawking almost a year to build. It is about 5m long, 1.40m wide and 1.2m tall, contains over 200,000 Bricks and weighs over 160 Kilos. The model has electrical lights on deck, a hangar,aircraft, movable elevators,radar dishes and even a motorized catapult. (Awesome Pics)

Using marijuana seems to increase the chance of becoming psychotic, researchers report in an analysis of past research that reignites the issue of whether pot is dangerous.

Computer-toting turtles seem like something out of a Disney movie. But two groups of researchers are working together to equip snapping turtles with lightweight, solar-powered devices that record, store and transmit information wirelessly.

Kazakstan and Georgia are among countries imposing excessive restrictions on how people use the Internet, a new report says, warning that regulations are having a chilling effect on freedom of expression.

A Wellington man who decided to clean out his car while waiting for a kebab was fined $100 for littering – in a rubbish bin.

The wonderland of Yellowstone National Park has yielded a new marvel — an unusual bacterium that converts light to energy

Feigenbaum didn’t sleep at all during his redeye flight across country. He’s not a nervous flier — he had a dime worth $1.9 million in his jeans pocket.

Researchers have developed a remarkably simple way to convert ordinary graphite particles into very thin but superstrong sheets that are tougher than steel and as flexible as carbon fiber but can be made much more cheaply. The discovery could spawn entirely new types of materials for applications as diverse as protective coatings, electronic components, batteries, [...]

It cost more than £1.5million and is the tallest public sculpture in Britain.

Anxious or depressed mothers-to-be are at increased risk of having children who will experience sleep problems in infancy and toddlerhood, finds a study that published this month in Early Human Development.

Sometimes we just want to tell our Roomba what to do, but we can never find that frickin’ remote.

Three Ohio men are in for an unusual punishment after being nabbed in a prostitution sting.

He wanted a couple of credit cards. He got a couple of thousand.

Sprint has a vision for the next generation of on-the-go Web surfing, and it has nothing to do with cellphones or WiFi-powered coffee shops. The wireless provider, which now refers to itself as a mobile-broadband pioneer, is placing bets on a souped-upwireless technology called WiMax and has enlisted the help of Google as a first partner [...]

Here is some furniture that was clearly inspired by the Transformer movie.  Very cool photos.